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Patented June 7, 1892.

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UNITED STATES DAVID A. LAUFERTY,

PURSE, CARD-CASE,

PATENT ()FFIGE.

;OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AND BILL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,278, dated T ne '7, 1892- Application filed December 26, 1891. Serial No. 416,104. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID A. LAUFERTY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Coin-Purse, Card- Oase, and Bill-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a combined coinpurse, card-case, and bill-holder; and its special features are that it is or may be made of substantially two pieces of leather or other suitable material, which are folded and united in such manner as to form a coin-purse on one side of the device, a bill-holder on the other side, and a card-case between them. There are also otherfeatures of my invention which will be hereinafter referred to.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates my invention complete, all the parts being opened out to show their construction and a card inthe position of being inserted in the card-holding pocket. Fig. 2 illustrates a vertical section of the invention through the middle, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 illustrates a plan of the side of the device which constitutes the bill-holder. Fig. 4 illustrates a plan of the side of the device which constitutes the coin-holder.

A (see Fig. 3) is a piece of leather or other suitable material cut or made so as to have the flaps B and B and end piece 0. The end piece 0 may be folded upon itself and stitched ,near the fold, as at D, to constitute the flap \E, or the flap may be a separate piece sewed \lill place.

F F and G G are suitable fastening dev'ces to hold theappropriate parts together when folded over upon each other, as hereinafter set forth.

H (see Fig. 4) is another piece of material cut or made so as to have the laterally-projecting parts I I and end piece J.

K K are suitable fastenings, which may be the same as the fastenings F F and G G. The side pieces I I are folded and creased so as to constitute gussets and are cemented or otherwise fastened at their edges to the end piece J, which is folded over to engage with them, thus forming a coin purse or pocket a. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) The flap b constitutes a cover for it. The side pieces 13 B are also folded and creased so that they may be folded over upon each other and fastened by the devices F F or their equivalents and yet easily and quickly detached when desired, the intent being tofold them over bank-bills,which are to be laid out flat within or upon the central portion of the piece A when it is opened fully out. Then the end piece G will be folded inwardly, folding the bills with it, and the end 0 will then in like manner be folded over, turning the other end of the bills with it, and the fastenings G and G being properly ongaged with each other all will be securely held, and when desired to use the bill-holding part or side of the device as an ordinary purse for holding coins or bills folded the end piece 0 is first folded over and the side flaps B B are folded over upon it and locked, the flap E of the end piece 0 being thus brought upon the outside of the side fiapsB and B. When so arranged, pressure on the inside of the pocket formed by the folded-over end piece will not press or straighten the same out again because the flap E, impinging against the edges of the side flaps B and B, acts as a lock and prevents movement on the part of the end piece 0.

The two main pieces forming my device are stitched or otherwise fastened together back to back 011 the line cc e. (See Figs. 3 and 4.) Thus there is formed between them a pocket f, (see Fig. 2,) which is a suitable receptacle for cards or the like. In Figs. 1 and 2 I show a card in conjunction with said pocket. an 0c are coins.

I say that my improved device is made of two main pieces because I regard that as the best construction, there being then a less number of seams or stitching, which, ripping, will allow the escape of the contents of the pockets. I wish it understood, however, that I do not limit myself to two seamless pieces. The flap or locking-piece E, as already stated, may be a separate piece suitably attached to the main piece A, and also any of the other parts may be separate pieces attached together to form the article, as described.

1. A bill-holder comprising a piece of material not shorter than the length of a bankbill and side pieces and end pieces adapted to overlap each other and provided with 100k ICO ing devices so situated as to engage with each other, substantially as set forth.

2. An interchangeable bill-holder and coinpocket comprising a piece of material not shorter than the length of a bank-bill, side pieces and end pieces adapted to overlap each other, locking devices for the same, and a flap on one of the end pieces, adapted to fold over the folded side pieces and to act as a lock for l the end piece to which it is attached, substantially as set ferth.

3. A combined coin-purse, card-case, and interchangeable bill-holder or coin-purse comprising, essentially, two parts attached to each other back to back, one part having a DAVID A. LAUFERTY.

Witnesses:

PHILLIPS ABBOTT, D. SoLIs RITTERBAND. 

